France’s chef of the year is Jean Sulpice, says Gault & Millau
L’Auberge du Père Bise owner and chef Jean Sulpice has been named France’s chef of the year by Gault & Millau
The 39-year-old owner of a storied lakeside inn in the French Alps was crowned France’s chef of the year by the Gault & Millau gastronomic guide yesterday.
Jean Sulpice won the coveted award a year after taking over L’Auberge du Père Bise, a century-old hotel on the shores of Lake Annecy which has played host to the likes of Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Richard Nixon.
Gault & Millau’s owner Côme de Chérisey praised Sulpice for his lightning rise through the rarefied world of French cuisine.
“He is working his way up a high mountain pass,” he said.
On his website, Sulpice describes his food as being “filled with the riches of the mountains” where he grew up.
His menu gives pride of place to regional products, such as venison, brown trout and Beaufort cheese.
Sulpice ran a two-star Michelin restaurant in Val Thorens ski resort – Europe’s highest – before snapping up the property on Lake Annecy, 100 kilometres to the north, in 2016.